With Halloween on a Thursday, this past weekend was the opportune time to hold spooky community celebrations. Our family hit the trunk-or-treat circuit as we visited a variety of events throughout town.

During our travels, we saw countless creative/fun trunk-or-treat set ups as Halloween fans went all-out to decorate their vehicles and appeal to kids. I wanted to share with you my personal top three trunk-or-treat displays from the weekend…

Jurassic Park – This trunk was from the St. Mary Catholic School trunk-or-treat on Friday night and it paid homage to a 31-year-old blockbuster film (I feel sooo old). Although I am so sick of the t-rex costumes that ran their course several years ago, my attitude toward the incorporation of dinos in a trunk-or-treat set up is completely different. I am a big fan of Jurassic Park and this trunk used a fierce dinosaur as the centerpiece and surrounded it with plants and plenty of symmetry. If this blog could play sound, you would hear the Jurassic Park theme song because in real life that unmistakable tune was playing as attendees approached this trunk.

This Jurassic Park trunk was at the St. Mary Catholic School Halloween Extravaganza.

Dia de los Muertos – On Saturday morning we went to AM Cannon Park of west central Spokane. The trunk-or-treat offered here was organized by Latinos En Spokane so everything from the music to the booths to the trunks themselves reflected a Latino influence. I especially appreciated the Dia de los Muertos trunk that provided plenty of education about the multi-day Mexican holiday. The decorations, masks, colors, and information made it a very engaging stop at the event.

This trunk was at AM Cannon Park on Saturday, Oct. 26.

Motorcycle Bones – The final trunk-or-treat we attended on Saturday was at the Ponderosa Village (shopping center). After trick-or-treating at so many car trunks, it was nice to approach the trunk of a motorcycle. A much more intimate trunk-or-treat experience is offered when a motorcycle is involved and although this is just a hypothesis, it seems like a more liberal release of candy is also a defining characteristic. The people at this trunk were awesome!

This “trunk” at the Ponderosa Village Trunk-Or-Treat was a nice change of pace.

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Some pretty cool trunks, right? But don’t eat too much candy just yet my friend, Halloween Week is just getting started. Don’t Blink.